M2.2 earthquake 282 km SW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 282 km SW of Adak, Alaska on Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 5:49 AM GMT-12 (17:49 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 236 km SSW of Adak, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-24 17:49:26 UTC
- Depth
- 11.9 km (7.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.892° N, 179.139° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 17
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8273 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2988 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8236 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2975 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.6231 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2974 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.8247 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2972 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2969 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.9216 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2968 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.9249 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2953 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6260 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2943 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.5234 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2938 days ago · 37 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.1232 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2937 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak0189fbl2ma (also filed as ak19992297). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:46 AM UTC.